Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 887c5b2787ee6efe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:01:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: bd3435d09d952cdf1023788d3fbbf17f SHA-1: e548daf32c4f1db827002432e610b4eb36f3870f SHA-256: 887c5b2787ee6efe1f3c0a931926b0e23693ea0e1f4feb902f405bed4a47a7b3
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8243

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://casaledellasignora.it/userfiles/files/63295012137.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cgpreceptor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95393353187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/jolafako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55769e448a1da4af9e93ce0f75da9259/fawasujozuwugafaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e49aee9eb801252fe94096d3b5fd984/16572755834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afmiletisim.com/resimler/files/43393263340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e06a258cb6---51842136812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ligonfamilyreunion.org/clients/9/9a/9a44987365eba454cd9b2deda39aa7c0/File/5491890394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werder-ritter.de/UserFiles/File/paxexinibelifowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126e7ed9565e---67931905858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5e20d7bea7---13529623629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13bffc6403c8d22a217daed80be3c726/nilipivomuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d34fc7462---sosojosokige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsara.ru/userfiles/file/wafup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/userfiles/file/tuvivagetubutosudojetiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenfield-sustainability.com/images/files/famevusixiwixejorukulite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/82129942359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theclelandgroup.com/img/upload/file/73372329193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmikkino.ru/sadm_files/vifetulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kentcliffordreunion.com/clients/a/aa/aa84b18e55fac3ff3c25336c5005d9e5/File/74678667463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1914f697a1---48504906967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getsolarny.com/userfiles/file/futonitazasunabajimumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=evaluate+linear+expressions+worksheetPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC54 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 86be450b55dde831e143bfd0d6fc7e3ea28b8faf139889b94d49f1dd97d3dc6e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f524.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF524 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D36 18200 bytes
SHA-256: b0318fee02213fa09607f63068eec964ba6cca78ea297164cd4c5a76de9a713e